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SPORTS SHORTS: Mustangs fall to Spartans in family coaching clash

TIMES-REPUBLICAN GRUNDY CENTER — Macey Kiewiet homered to help Grundy Center to a 4-1 win over Class 2A No. 9 East Marshall in Monday’s North Iowa Cedar League softball showdown at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex. Kiewiet finished 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and three RBIs to lead the Spartans (14-5, 7-4), who are coached by former East Marshall standout Kodie (Hoskey) Sternhagen. Maddy Hendershot singled twice, stole two bases and scored twice while also pitching all seven innings in the win. She struck out four and walked two, scattering seven hits. Gianna Boswell ...

GMG clips Comets 1-0

GREEN MOUNTAIN — The GMG batting order had a new look, and it also had the effect head coach Lexie Farrell was looking for. Sophomore Riah Boege singled home batterymate Skyler Murty as the game’s only run in the bottom of the fourth inning as the GMG softball team took down BCLUW 1-0 in ...

Iowa State will offer alcohol sales

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMES — Iowa State will add alcohol sales to its concessions for football and basketball games, athletic director Jamie Pollard announced Monday. Pollard said the decision comes as "athletic departments across the country are facing uncertainty and significant financial ...

Fever fight off Mercury

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark had 24 points and nine assists, Kelsey Mitchell scored 22 points, and the Indiana Fever overcame a 13-point, first-quarter deficit to beat the Phoenix Mercury 86-77 on Monday night. Indiana scored just six points in the first quarter, tied for its fewest in any quarter since 2018 and its fewest in the first since 2016. The Fever responded with a 35-point second quarter — the second-most they've scored in a quarter this season — to tie the game 41-all at the break. Clark scored 15 in the second quarter. The Fever outscored ...

East, West win at Rose Fest

STATE CENTER — The West Marshall and East Marshall softball teams both went 2-0 in Saturday’s Rose Festival Tournament, each handily beating Ballard and Marshalltown. Who’s the champion, you ask? That question might have a decidedly deeper meaning coming on the horizon. East Marshall ...

Frye helps Mustangs pick off Bobcats 5-1

Two days earlier, East Marshall junior right-hander Nathan Frye couldn’t escape the first inning against West Marshall and the Mustangs eventually suffered their 11th-straight loss. On Friday night, Frye couldn’t be touched. Frye struck out 11 and scattered four hits and two walks over a ...